πάρεγγυς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pá.reŋ.ɡys/ → /ˈpa.reɲ.ɟys/ → /ˈpa.reɲ.ɟis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pá.reŋ.ɡys/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.reŋ.ɡys/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.reɲ.ɟys/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.reɲ.ɟys/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.reɲ.ɟis/

Adverb

πάρεγγῠς • (párengus)

1. near at hand, close by
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 605b.25
2. (of time) near
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Politics 1335a.1
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Generation of Animals 773b.9
3. nearly alike
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Metaphysics 1040b.11
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Sophistical Refutations 167a.5
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Politics 1271b.20
   • 371 BCE – 287 BCE, Theophrastus, On the Causes of Plants 6.17.9

References

• “πάρεγγῠς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press